My focus and that of all members of the Government responsible for delivering services to the public is to make sure that the public sector can use all the skills it needs to do the job the public wants it to do.

What politicians want to create is irreversible change because when you leave office someone changes it back again.

If bringing up the next generation is important, why aren't they the best qualified, the best paid? Why aren't we as concerned about their career progression as we are about those who work in the education or health services?

Before this government came to power, many failing schools were simply allowed to drift on in a pattern of continuing failure. The government is determined to break that pattern and is successfully doing so.

I think film is a very powerful advocate and message carrier.

I know there are things I did in education that will never be reversed. I have not done that in film yet because I have only been here for about nine months.